Almost Adult
Synopsis
The two girls meet at a bus station in Birmingham after arriving in the UK as unaccompanied minors in search of asylum. Mamie, the elder of the two, takes Shiku under her wing. In doing so, she resolves to be the younger girl's big sister.
The girls try to adjust to their new lives. Many things seem strange and alarming to them. Shiku in particular is having real difficulty fitting in with her new family.
She is suffering from the after affects of the loss of her family back home and the traumatic things that happened to her on her journey to the UK. No one can properly understand what she has been through. No one but Mamie.
Details
- Year
- 2007
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 75 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Yousaf Ali Khan
- Producer
- Lee Thomas, Bernd Hellthaler, Andy Porter
- Editor
- Kristina Hetherington
- Screenwriter
- Rona Munro
- Director of Photography
- David Katznelson
- Production Designer
- John Ellis
- Sound
- Ian Richardson
- Composer
- Nick Bicat
- Principal cast
- Victoire Milandu, Ann Warungu, Annette Badland
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Parallax East Ltd
Victoria ChambersSt. Runwald Street
Colchester CO1 1HF
UK
T +44 (0)12 0657 4909
info@almostadult.co.uk
Sales Company
Beyond Films
41-42 Berners StreetLondon W1T 3NB
UK
T+44 (0)20 7323 3377
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